Sporting Lisbon v Everton: Phil Jagielka in line for shock recall in Europa League

By Sandy Macaskill in Lisbon Published: 7:00AM GMT twenty-five February 2010

In the frame: Phil Jagielka could lapse for Everton Photo: GETTY IMAGES

The Everton captain"s Mancunian accent competence well be wily for an English-speaking immigrant to comprehend, but even once his, and his manager"s, comments had been rearranged in to the suitable tongue, the summary would have been obscure.

Everton go in to the second leg with the tie "finely balanced", according to Neville, carrying won the Goodison Park leg 2-1, but enervated but the harmed Tony Hibbert, the incompetent Johnny Heitinga and the dangling Sylvain Distin.

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It leaves David Moyes with a critical headache over who to fool around at centre-back with Joseph Yobo. The intelligent income is still on Phillipe Senderos, but since the Swiss player"s new behind repairs Moyes is deliberation giving Phil Jagielka his initial rival diversion for 10 months.

Jagielka suffered cruciate vinculum repairs to his left knee during a tie opposite Manchester City last April, and nonetheless the twenty-seven year-old was due to fool around in a haven diversion opposite Bolton this week, the compare was called off.

"Rather than worry, it is infrequently most appropriate being thrown right behind in," Neville said. "The adrenalin will get you through. He is that out-of-date English player, he has played with nicks and bruises. He"ll have no complaint whatsoever."

Adrenalin or no adrenalin, it would certainly be a outrageous risk to begin someone so out of use in a compare of such magnitude, but as Moyes said: "Sometimes, needs must."

Yakubu and Joseph Yobo were distant from their Everton team-mates on Wednesday as the group trafficked to Lisbon for their Europa League tie opposite Sporting Lisbon. The span experienced difficulties with their visas released to their Nigerian passports, but they will still be accessible for this evening"s second leg.

An Everton orator said: "There was a teenager issue with their visas, that has been resolved. They will couple up with the group later, and be accessible for selection."

Sporting Lisbon (Possible, 4-5-1): Patricio; Abel, Tonel, Carrico, Grimi; Izmailov, Mendes, Moutinho, Fernandes, Veloso; Liedson.

Everton (Possible, 4-5-1): Howard; Neville, Senderos or Jagielka, Yobo, Baines; Osman, Bilyaletdinov, Pienaar, Arteta, Donovan; Saha.